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diff --git a/man/curs_print.3x b/man/curs_print.3x new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..92b9ca2dafcc --- /dev/null +++ b/man/curs_print.3x @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" * +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * +.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.\" $Id: curs_print.3x,v 1.8 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $ +.TH curs_print 3X "" +.SH NAME +\fBmcprint\fR - ship binary data to printer +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fB#include <curses.h>\fR +.sp +\fBint mcprint(char *data, int len);\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +This function uses the \fBmc5p\fR or \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities, +if they are present, to ship given data to a printer attached to the terminal. +.PP +Note that the \fBmcprint\fR code has no way to do flow control with the printer +or to know how much buffering it has. Your application is responsible for +keeping the rate of writes to the printer below its continuous throughput rate +(typically about half of its nominal cps rating). Dot-matrix printers and +6-page-per-minute lasers can typically handle 80cps, so a good conservative +rule of thumb is to sleep for a second after shipping each 80-character line. +. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The \fBmcprint\fR function returns \fBERR\fR if the write operation aborted +for some reason. In this case, errno will contain either an error associated +with \fBwrite(2)\fR or one of the following: +.TP 5 +ENODEV +Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist. +.TP 5 +ENOMEM +Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write. +.PP +When \fBmcprint\fR succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually +sent to the printer. +.SH PORTABILITY +The \fBmcprint\fR call was designed for \fBncurses\fR(3X), and is not found +in SVr4 curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses. +.SH BUGS +Padding in the \fBmc5p\fR, \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities will not be +interpreted. +.SH SEE ALSO +\fBcurses\fR(3X)\fR +.\"# +.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS +.\"# Local Variables: +.\"# mode:nroff +.\"# fill-column:79 +.\"# End: |